DIAMETER: 21.60 MMINTAGE/PROOF: 8233 / 17999 WEIGHT: 8.36 GRAMS METAL: GOLD Shows standing figure of Lady Liberty on the obverse with a shield and and American flag, and a canon in the background. The reverse shows the Medal of Honor commemorated by this coin. Minted at Philadelphia Mint Obverse: United States of America – E Pluribus Unum – $5 | Reverse: Liberty – Medal of Honor – In God We Trust – 1861 – 2011
My late husband David Baldwin bought these from the US Mint. He was regional director and a great supporter of the Medal of Honor Society (not a recipient himself).